Hungary 1676-KB 15 krajczar

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75324

This specimen was lot 75324 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 15 Kreuzers, 1676-KB. Kremnica Mint. Leopold I. PCGS MS-62. KM-175. An appealing nearly-Choice example, delivering rich brilliance and full strike details throughout." This type was struck at Kremnitz 1661-80. The thaler was in the mid-seventeenth century equal to ninety kreuzer, making this denomination one-sixth thaler. Fifteen kreuzers were also struck at Pressburg (KM 192), Nagybanya (KM 191), Vienna, Linz and Hall.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.45-5.7 g, silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-164.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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